San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-09-05

Dtllt u luu hu, ring u lOi lily man.
A maid-seryant appeared with the man,
trim pleasant-faced girl with the snOwiest
Of mOb-caps and muslin aprons.
IF you please, Miss Annis desired me TO
ask you, miss, II there Is anything | can do
for YOU" she said, as, with little brass lamp
in her hand, she led me round the gallery
and down the corridor TO my room. II have
cup Of chocolate ready for you, and was
to sleep In your dtessing-roOm, II you had
no objection"
My last thoughts that night were kind
ones Of Annis Farquhar; but all through my
dreams ! was haunted by knights and castles,
kings and queens thwarting and pursuing
me, by ceaseless efforts TO solve impossible
problems and to place my pieces in attitudes
Of defence, which Immediately proved to be
moves into the hands of my adversary.
Never could Mr.. GaScOigne himself have
been more haTassed and distressed in mind
by cries Of "Checkr' and "Checkmatep
than l was that night. And, strangely
enough, II was not the master of St. Gabriels
Grange, my actual antagonist and my EN-
ployer, who was my adversary; but the
laugh, thousand times more mocking and
the scornful eyes, thousand times fercer,
of Lady Martin POmerOy followed me about
and rejoiced over my helpless struggles.
The next morning my memories of the
evening seemed strangely unreal, and, but
for finding myself in the old-fashoned room,
with Its deep-sunk windows and antique
furniture, l might have thought 1t all
dream mingled with the bewildering fancles
which had crossed my brain.
Lucy again prOtfered her services, and l
was oo''ei aoie W oPeaA W hei IMAM on 'iio
previous hiehI one h"u rouhu' honest
Ehglish lace anu peasant oplglhg man
hei' anu INC iiios' sef'al's' WAS hot hiuis-
poseu W taih.
are you 'le maui 70 al tne young iauies.
asheu' as she Piai'eu up my mar Win
ue .s.s ni'seIs. ,, ,,,,, A.,
w. m,es W "ioS ii'iua anu MISS
Anhis' iiow .ii'.h soui II u, 49, W 10 SURE
Mss! uSeu W pe maui W .heh' All oeiore
MISS uwehuoiIne nialrleu' out sie mas one
vi ner own, a rrehch person. now
FROM Lucy accent II was ciear that tne
rIeuch person. iounu no iaNoi III her sight.
I o,, nave oeeh Ill 'he i"iiiiy d lung liiie
'iiens 49,, ,,.
rour years, ms US ohly TWO years
slllce MISS uwenuoi'ne iiiarr'eu' anu haa
peen WIN theih ."o tien. ~
i'e peen heie oiiiy year. Inc MISSES
Farqutar hVed In London-perhaps you
aidn KNOW lhat' hilsS-uii Just before LORD
martin went away; put II ieaVe' IL wont
NC because Vi tlie GUINNESS:
~ SINS go ~
sometimes l link must, miss, ior
can s.aIu 'hat fiencIwoliaii' put they
uon 80 81 ,,taU,o lei 40 ~, % is 10
s....snna,aa So, w 80 81.
~ ~ ,,,'.S 20 ,aane Nil 49, p ny "''i'
T I n aEo',d ,ti,I sha t. % liz '',,,,
said. Uand both she and Miss Faroubar do
iustice 10 vour nainsn
"Yor man IN Iooks misSo you,u b.va
vour hair Main coiIed 7 sunnosap Rnt
don't consider they are either of them near
so handsome as Miss GwcndOline-Lady
Martin PomerOy. She was the beauty of
all London three years ago, Miss ThOrne,
and an artist-Mr. Eastwood painted her
picture, and told me once, when | was TAX
ing him message about the doing of it to
the painting-room, that she was the hand
soonest young lady he'd eN II painted-and
he had done lot of them, you know. He
admired her So we thought he would have
married her; but she was too good to marry
a plain Mr. There-it's done now, miss.
Here's the glass"
had breakfast alone in the little sitting
room near my bedroom; and, after break
fast, | sat there alOn" until Mrs. Creams
asked me if should like to see the rest of
the house.
Miss Annis," she said, told me to show
1t you.'
Gladly | laid down my book and followed
and ey-rmore was TO be to me. the most
beautiful i'm ENGLAND.
Ihoro ,oo,, ,oop, a ,,r,nd.r oro to.ro,
more costly and smirndid h,ve admirod
tho oosth,,tio homas 81 ,rtis,s and tba stataI1
mon.iors nf dul.s tho h;storic boiIs %
EngIaud's heroes the residences ~ men %
-.
genius anu power l revere t'eh,, ue'isnt
Ill 'iei'' 10 ioii'aSe W tnehi out .iieie ~ W
hie ohly one NOME ti"' ID lerlec!.oii III tilo
miue "orlu' Ever sihce Sd" IIS', Oh
HaOrleI orange mas Deeh that periec'ioh
Ill my eyes
cannot Iell itS beauty on paper: now
oall ueSy'iDe liie sl'i'u oi'' I"''' WIN ,, sno
"lil,oI anu piouu banners anu SPle"uii,s
aii'ieiS On the walls ',lc ioI'S t"lliEnt coi
liuorS III ny iliul,'oheu "illuowS vi st"l'leu
sI"SS, 'nIous. winch 'ho SUNSHINE s'anI ,
anu uyeu WIN crimson anu purple S'all'S
the poliSIeu OAK, anu glorllleu llle goiu anu
azure Vi tle "asco'gile arms [ePeateu no"
anu AGAIN III tlie centres Vi the nls list
hlehSS-tLc hople ioollS' WIN tlieii u'lh
"oou.worh anu uau1eS anu Po.islleu nools'
ieheG'lhS tle SPlIuIe,IcSs vi tne oiu-."sl lr
!oneu carVeu-paGh SllaIrs anu queen Anlle
LADIES tne'r a'cil ucop.iioe. n"iis ,,l n anu
iui ,I lhe ueep mi1I toS III 'aI oaSo
yieioeu views VI paIN anu iaho' anu III ole